Over 25,000 migrants sent back to Morocco from Ceuta, Spain says

Spain's Ministry of the Interior said more than 25,000 migrants who arrived at the border of the tiny territory of Ceuta have been sent back to Morocco. More than 150 migrants are being removed from Ceuta per minute, the ministry said. The statement came shortly after the president of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, estimated that 60,000 migrants had entered the enclave and said that at least 34 people had died, including some who drowned while swimming to reach the territory. Most who tried to cross the border are Moroccans. Seawalls and fences separate Morocco from Ceuta and Melilla, two Spanish enclaves that sit on Morocco's northern coast. They are the only land borders the European Union shares with Africa. Local officials have blamed the sharp increase in crossings on a recent Spanish Supreme Court ruling, which makes it harder to turn away migrants arriving from Morocco by sea. Vivas called the ongoing situation "absolutely unsustainable." He also criticized the government's response, saying that "action was taken too late and insufficiently." Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said in a Friday news conference that "all of Spain stands" with Ceuta, and called the increase in migrants "an...